Iran

Iran confirms recent medium-range ballistic missile test

Iran confirmed that it had carried out a recent test of a medium-range ballistic missile after Western powers sharply criticized a December 1 launch

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Al-Qaeda linked Ansar al-Furqan claims deadly car bombing in Iran’s southeast port city Chabahar

A car bomb exploded near a police station in the southeastern Iranian city of Chabahar in Sistan and Balochistan province

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Syria talks begin in Astana with government and opposition delegations present

Negotiators from Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Kazakhstan's capital Astana for two days of talks to preserve a fragile truce in northern Syria

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Five Iran security personnel freed by Jaish al-Adl flown home from Pakistan

Five Iranian security personnel held by jihadists for a month were flown home after Pakistan secured their release, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said

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Danish intelligence service accuses Iran of plotting attack against separatists in Denmark

Denmark's intelligence service accused Tehran of plotting an attack against three Iranians living in the Scandinavian country, in response to a deadly attack in Iran

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UN investigates origin of arms seized off Yemen coast by US Navy in August

United Nations experts are working to establish the origin of 2,521 AK-type assault rifles seized off of Yemen's coast by a U.S. Navy vessel in August

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Insurgent group Jaish al-Adl claims kidnapping of Iran security personnel near Pakistan border

The insurgent group Jaish al-Adl has claimed responsibility for the abduction of 12 Iran security personnel near the border with Pakistan

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Iran claims 700 drone strikes against ISIS in Syria

Iran's IRGC has carried out 700 drone strikes against ISIS in Syria, its aerospace chief Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh said

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Iran security personnel kidnapped in Pakistan border region

Fourteen Iranian security personnel, including IRGC intelligence officers, were abducted in Sistan and Balochistan on the volatile southeastern border with Pakistan

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Iran diplomat extradited to Belgium from Germany over MEK bomb plot in France

An Iranian diplomat linked to an alleged bomb plot against an Iranian opposition rally in France has been extradited to Belgium from Germany, prosecutors said

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